At the beginning of May a council was called to evaluate my doctrinal beliefs. Men from all over Minnesota came to read my doctrinal statement and ask me questions. There were pastors, teachers, missionaries, elementary school friends, college friends, seminary friends, and others. Upon their recommendation, Liberty Baptist ordained me on June 15th, 2014.
Three men spoke at the service, Jeff Straub, Don Odens, and David Grotzke. The reason each of them took part in the service was because they all have played a large role in my formation as a man and pastor (not to mention Crystal and I have lived in each of their basements for over a month at a time!) We thank God for the experience we have received over the years and the way he has shaped our lives.
Well, we know the apple has not fallen far from the tree in this area! Tanzen definitely enjoys books…or at least the first three pages of each one.
One thing we greatly enjoyed doing this summer was visiting the Arboretum in Chaska. Some friends from Liberty, the Sapps, took us out and also gave us a few passes. It was a great treat to take in the beauty! We thank God for friends like the Sapps who continue to encourage us and seek to see our family thrive. There are multiple families like them within Liberty and in our lives that God has used to strengthen us!
Things got somewhat hectic the past six months, so we are doing a little catch up. The next series of posts will be filling you in on the changes that have gone on in our life.
Seth graduated with his ThM in May. That is a Masters of Theology and is designated as a teaching degree. He graduated in 2012 with his Masters of Divinity which is a 96 credit masters and the precursor to the ThM. We thought it would be a good idea to go on for additional education in order to better prepare us and add extra credibility to international schools we will be associated with in the coming years.
The program included postgraduate classes and then a thesis. Seth's area of study involved "Partiality in the New Testament Assembly according to James 2:1-13." It was a profitable study and a rigorous research, writing, and defending process…plus, he got a nice piece of paper at the end!
Personal note here: I am very thankful for all the sacrifices that Crystal has made over the last six years while I have studied at Central. She has read many papers, given up many hours, and limited her own desires so I could make it through. It was not easy, but she followed through. I thank God for her.
We recently moved again. In the past two months we have done little more than move stuff around. We moved our possessions out of our home and into a friends home. We then moved furniture and bins up to Brainerd as family came down and visited. In the meantime we moved into a basement of some other friends. We then moved back to Brainerd this past week. Do you see a theme?
Why have 2 when 1 will do?
The meaningful possessions are often overshadowed by the peripherals.
An item is only as helpful as it's accessibility.
$5 in the pocket is better than an unused clearance shirt in the closet.
If someone else can use it, and I'm not, why not be a blessing and give it to them?
When people are in our home do they see us or do they see our stuff?
Do our decorations tell our guests more about Martha Stewart or our lives?
Hoarding is not a fruit of the Spirit.
Tanzen would rather play with us than a room full of toys – and the toys she does like to play with will break.
If I think "I might use this someday" I probably never will.
If I don't like wearing it – I won't.
If I put it in the garage sale bin and don't think about it for 4 months, that probably means I don't need it.
If the people selling it at the garage sale can live without it, I probably can as well.
May 10th – Seth graduated with his Master of Theology degree (ThM) from Central Baptist Theological Seminary. His thesis entitled "Partiality in the New Testament Assembly according to James 2:1-13" is currently being bound.
May 12th – Seth and Crystal traveled down to Ankeny, Iowa to participate in doctrinal interviews by Baptist Mid Missions. The council gave their recommendation for us to become part of the missions agency.
May 15th – We moved out of our home of 5 years in Edina and moved into a basement apartment of friends in Plymouth. We are housesitting for three weeks.
May 16th – We closed on the sale of our house.
May 17th – Seth stood before an ordination council composed of pastors, teachers, mentors, and childhood friends. It was an encouraging and enjoyable time to remember biblical truth. The council has recommended that Liberty ordain Seth during a public ceremony in June.
July 1st – Seth transitions roles at Liberty Baptist from Assistant Pastor to Pastor of Evangelism and Church Planting with an assignment in Spain.
July 10th-18th – Seth and Crystal attend Candidate Seminar at BMM headquarters in Ohio.
September – We begin our pre-field ministry at churches throughout MN, IA, and WI.
If you would like to sign up for our monthly newsletters, fill out the form here.
A lot has happened this past year, and we are thankful to God for it.
Each of these good gifts have pointed us to the Gift Giver (Jas 1:17).
This prayer is being answered in our lives this year: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Rom 15:13).


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United Kingdom (UK): meat and edible meat offal export value 2012-2016
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
by Nils-Gerrit Wunsch, last edited Jan 17, 2018
This statistic depicts the total annual value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2016. UK exports of meat and edible meat offal were worth around 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2014.
Exports in million U.S. dollars
Data refers to SITC code 02 - 'Meat and edible meat offal'.
Meat industry in Europe
Italy: vegetarians and vegans in 2013-2018
Italy: consumption volume of beef and veal meat per capita 2005-2017
Annual pig meat per capita consumption in Italy 2016-219
Italy: lamb and goat meat consumer price index (CPI) monthly 2018
Statistics on "Meat industry in Italy"
Animals slaughtered
Meat consumption, vegetarianism and veganism
Turnover value of the processing, preserving and production of meat products industry in Italy between 2010 and 2016 (in 1,000 euros)Italy: turnover value in the processing and preserving of meat industry 2010-2016
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Annual per capita consumption of pig meat in Italy from 2016 to 2019* (in kilograms per head)Annual pig meat per capita consumption in Italy 2016-219
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Sales value of the company Sada P.A. Valencia SA in Spain 2013-2017
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Number of enterprises in the processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products industry in Italy from 2008 to 2015
Average number of employees in the processing, preserving and production of meat products industry in Italy between 2010 and 2016
Turnover value of the processing and preserving of meat industry in Italy between 2010 and 2016 (in 1,000 euros)
Production value of the processing and preserving of meat industry in Italy between 2010 and 2016 (in 1,000 euros)
Number of enterprises in the processing and preserving of meat industry in Italy from 2008 to 2015
Average number of employees of the processing and preserving of meat industry in Italy between 2010 and 2016
Total number of young cattle slaughtered annually in Italy from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 heads)
Total number of bullocks and bulls slaughtered annually in Italy from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 heads)
Total number of cows slaughtered annually in Italy from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 heads)
Total number of poultry slaughtered annually in Italy from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 heads)
Total number of broilers slaughtered annually in Italy from 2007 to 2008 (in 1,000 heads)
Total number of turkeys slaughtered annually in Italy from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 heads)
Consumer price index (CPI) of pork in Italy monthly from January to October 2018
Consumer price index (CPI) of poultry meat in Italy monthly from January to October 2018
Consumer price index (CPI) of beef and veal meat in Italy monthly from January to October 2018
Consumer price index (CPI) of lamb and goat meat in Italy monthly from January to October 2018
Consumer price index (CPI) of non-packaged salami in Italy monthly from January to October 2018
Annual per capita consumption of pig meat in Italy from 2016 to 2019* (in kilograms per head)
Volume of poultry meat consumed per capita in Italy from 2005 to 2015 (in kilograms per head)
Volume of sheep meat consumed per capita in Italy from 2005 to 2015 (in kilograms per head)
Volume of beef and veal meat consumed per capita in Italy from 2005 to 2017 (in kilograms per capita)
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Sales volume of cold cuts in Italy as of January 2017, by geographical area (in thousand kg)
Sales value of cold cuts in Italy as of January 2017, by sales channel (in million euros)
Sales volume of cold cuts in Italy as of January 2017, by sales channel (in million kg)
Meat consumption, vegetarianism and veganism in Italy in 2016
Share of vegetarian and vegan individuals in Italy between 2013 and 2018
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Sales value of vegan meat substitute in Italy between 2016 and January 2017 (in thousand euros)
Sales value of vegan meat substitute in Italy as of January 2017, by sale channel (in thousand euros)
Sales volume of vegan meat substitute in Italy between 2016 and January 2017 (in thousand kg)
Sales volume of vegan meat substitute in Italy as of January 2017, by sale channel (in thousand kilograms)
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Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Iceland from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
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Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to New Zealand from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Hungary from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Canada from 2012 to 2016 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Sweden from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to the Netherlands from 2012 to 2015 (in million U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Greece from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Belgium from 2012 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Spain from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Value of meat and edible meat offal exported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Luxembourg from 2012 to 2015 (in thousand U.S. dollars)
Meat snacks market value in Latin America in 2018 and 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Gresham College
The Immigration Act 1971: Celebrated or Flawed?
On 30 September 2021, Gresham College broadcast a 1-hour lecture by Professor Leslie Thomas QC and David Neale.
It's really worth watching as it gives an excellent background to the history of Britain's immigration law which will be of interest to anyone who works as an MP's caseworker, particularly those who process immigration casework.
Here's the lecture summary:
"Commonwealth citizens once enjoyed the right to live, work and settle in the UK without any restrictions. But a racist backlash against Black and Asian immigration led to legislators introducing immigration controls in the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, which were broadened by the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 to deprive East African Asians of the right to settle in the UK. Its shameful successor, the Immigration Act 1971 continues to form the basis of our xenophobic immigration laws today."
You can watch the lecture on Gresham College's website here: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/immigration-act
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COVID-19 – a lecture by Professor Chris Whitty
Date: Thursday 30 April 2020
Where: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/covid-19
At the time of writing, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has killed many thousands worldwide, infected many more – and changed lives around the world in ways that were unimaginable just weeks ago.
What is COVID-19, how has it been managed and what role will science play in combating it? Gresham Professor of Physic (and Chief Medical Officer for England) Chris Whitty, one of the key figures in the UK's fight against the disease, will explain what we know – and what we don't.
Date 27th April 2020
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The smell of coffee is recognised as a good means to restore appetite and refresh olfactory receptors. With Monin Coffee syrup you will not need to take care of your brew, and the preparation of your coffee; simply our it over your hot or cold application and you will feel the intense tastte of Columbian coffee!
Coffee is the widely known beverage made of coffee seeds more generally called coffee beans. the coffee plant which produces those seeds was discovered in Ethiopia but ist culture spread to other countries producing different coffee blends. In order to make what is one of the most popular beverages worldwide, the coffee beans have to be dried, roasted and then brewed. The smell of coffee is recognised as a good means to restore appetite and refresh olfactory receptors. It is of course also mostly appreciated for its taste and for being a great morning awakener because of its cafeine content. With Monin Coffee syrup you will not need to take care of your brew, and the preparation of your coffee; simply our it over your hot or cold application and you will feel the intense tastte of Columbian coffee!
Tasting Notes: Intense bitter filter coffee nose. Taste of brewed coffee with some after notes of typical columbian coffee.


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Q: how to delete a name from a panda series I have two series pandas and would like to make a tuple with these two series.  I need to be like this:
print(serie1,serie2)

sympathetic     0.074475
 healer          0.074475
 aaniye          0.074475
 dependable      0.074475
 companion       0.074475
 listener        0.074475
 athletic        0.074475
 exterminator    0.074475
 psychiatrist    0.074475
 pest            0.074475
 determined      0.074475
 chef            0.074475
 courageous      0.074475
 stylist         0.074475
 psychologist    0.074475
 organizer       0.074475
 pudunga         0.074475
 venaam          0.074475
 diwali          0.091250
 mornings        0.091250
 dtype: float64, 146tf150p    1.000000
 havent       1.000000
 home         1.000000
 okie         1.000000
 thanx        1.000000
 er           1.000000
 anything     1.000000
 lei          1.000000
 nite         1.000000
 yup          1.000000
 thank        1.000000
 ok           1.000000
 where        1.000000
 beerage      1.000000
 anytime      1.000000
 too          1.000000
 done         1.000000
 645          1.000000
 tick         0.980166
 blank        0.932702

I need to get the same result as above, but I have the following result, the name 'tfidf'of the series is displayed:
(sympathetic     0.074475
 healer          0.074475
 aaniye          0.074475
 dependable      0.074475
 companion       0.074475
 listener        0.074475
 athletic        0.074475
 exterminator    0.074475
 psychiatrist    0.074475
 pest            0.074475
 determined      0.074475
 chef            0.074475
 courageous      0.074475
 stylist         0.074475
 psychologist    0.074475
 organizer       0.074475
 pudunga         0.074475
 venaam          0.074475
 diwali          0.091250
 mornings        0.091250
 Name: tfidf, dtype: float64, 146tf150p    1.000000
 yup          1.000000
 645          1.000000
 done         1.000000
 too          1.000000
 anytime      1.000000
 beerage      1.000000
 ok           1.000000
 thank        1.000000
 where        1.000000
 nite         1.000000
 lei          1.000000
 anything     1.000000
 er           1.000000
 thanx        1.000000
 okie         1.000000
 home         1.000000
 havent       1.000000
 tick         0.980166
 blank        0.932702
 Name: tfidf, dtype: float64)

How do I delete the name tf idf and show it according to the first example considered correct for my case?

A: #The name of the index column of the series is deleted.
del series1.index.name
del series2.index.name

#The name of the series is omited
series1.name = series2.name = None

#This should return a tuple of two series
In:(series1, series2)

Out:(sympathetic     0.074475
 healer          0.074475
 aaniye          0.074475
 dependable      0.074475
 companion       0.074475
 listener        0.074475
 athletic        0.074475
 exterminator    0.074475
 psychiatrist    0.074475
 pest            0.074475
 determined      0.074475
 chef            0.074475
 courageous      0.074475
 stylist         0.074475
 psychologist    0.074475
 organizer       0.074475
 pudunga         0.074475
 venaam          0.074475
 diwali          0.091250
 mornings        0.091250
 dtype: float64, 146tf150p    1.000000
 yup          1.000000
 645          1.000000
 done         1.000000
 too          1.000000
 anytime      1.000000
 beerage      1.000000
 ok           1.000000
 thank        1.000000
 where        1.000000
 nite         1.000000
 lei          1.000000
 anything     1.000000
 er           1.000000
 thanx        1.000000
 okie         1.000000
 home         1.000000
 havent       1.000000
 tick         0.980166
 blank        0.932702
 dtype: float64)

A: If you don't want the dtype also printed but just the values, you just have to do
print(serie1.values, serie2.values)

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Q: how to print out contents of char** vector SO,
I am looking to print out the contents of a vector; I have tried an iterator for it but that is no good
for(vector<char**>::const_iterator i=myVec.begin();i!=myVec.end();i++) {
   cout<<**i<<endl;
}

this does not work, what I am thinking is I will need two iterators (the above one will be the outer one, and the inner one would be as such:
  for(vector<char*>::const_iterator j=???;j!=??;j++) {....}

but I haven't been able to get it to work.
Thanks.

A: Seems to work just fine here:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main()
{
    const char* sentence1[] = {"foo", "bar", "baz"};
    const char* sentence2[] = {"xyzzy", "frob", "plugh"};
    std::vector<const char**> vec = {sentence1, sentence2};

    for (auto i : vec) {
        for (size_t w = 0; w < 3; ++w) {
            std::cout << i[w] << ' ';
        }
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
}

This will print:
foo bar baz xyzzy frob plugh
The above is C++11. If you don't have that, you'll need to change the vector initialization and the for loop:
std::vector<const char**> vec;
vec.push_back(sentence1);
vec.push_back(sentence2);

for (std::vector<const char**>::iterator it = vec.begin();
     it != vec.end(); ++it)
{
    for (size_t w = 0; w < 3; ++w) {
        std::cout << (*it)[w] << ' ';
    }
}

As you can imagine, you'll need to assume the same amount of words for each sentence. If you don't want that, you can create a new data structure that also holds the amount of words per sentence together with the vector of sentences.
Being a masochist is a good exercise, but for practical purposes you should probably switch to vectors so that you can iterate over the words more easily.


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Quito (disambiguation)
Quito Canton
Quito (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito]), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the highest official capital city in the world. It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 2,671,191 according to the last census (2014), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of the Metropolitan District of Quito. The canton recorded a population of 2,239,191 residents in the 2010 national census. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.
The historic center of Quito has one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas. Quito, along with Kraków, were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO in 1978. The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world), to avoid confusion, as the word ecuador is Spanish for equator.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia -	https://wn.com/Quito
Quito may refer to:
San Francisco de Quito, the capital city of Ecuador and the seat of the Quito canton.
Quito Canton, a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
Municipality of Quito, the governing body of the city of Quito and the canton that shares its name.
Deportivo Quito, an Ecuadorian professional football club
Quito, an unincorporated community in Mississippi
Quito Square, a public square in Bucharest, Romania
Río Quito, a town and municipality in Choco Department, Colombia
Quito, the name of a track on The Mountain Goats album We Shall All Be Healed
Quito, the nickname of André Raposo, a Brazilian water polo player
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Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito (Spanish: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
The canton is governed by the same mayor and city council that govern the city of Quito.
Population figures
According to the 2001 census, the total population of Quito (not the city itself) is 1,839,853, with 892,570 men and 947,283 women. According to the 2007 estimates, it is 1,840,000. Of this, the population of the urban parishes (the city of Quito itself) was 1,399,378, and the population of the rural parishes (outside of the city of Quito, but still within the canton) was 440,475. The total population density of the canton is 439.8 inhabitants per km² (1139.1/mi²). The total number of households in the cantón is 555,928, with 419,845 in the urban area (= city) and 136,083 in the rural area. Of the 1,407,526 inhabitants of the canton over the age of 12, 639,068 are married, 541,758 are single, 33,116 are divorced, 30,898 are separated, and 47,930 are widowed.
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Radio Stations - Quito
Bonita FM Varied Ecuador
Radio Sport 1010 AM Sports Ecuador
RADIOTARQUI - es tradición informativa News,Sports,Talk Ecuador
HCJB 89.3 Gospel,Religious,Christian Ecuador
Radio Antena Libre Christian Ecuador
RTV Radio Napa News Talk Ecuador
Radio Quito 760 AM Talk Ecuador
Ecuador Inmediato Varied Ecuador
La voz de su amigo Varied Ecuador
RVT La Voz del Tropica World Tropical Ecuador
La Mega 103.3 Latin Hits Ecuador
Radio Ecuamass World Tropical Ecuador
Radio Catolica Nacional del Ecuador Christian,Latin Hits Ecuador
Radio CRE Satelital de Ecuador Varied Ecuador
Los 40 Principales (EC) Latin Hits Ecuador
Ondas Cañaris News Ecuador
Ondas Azuayas 1110 News Ecuador
Zona Mega Radio Virtual Varied Ecuador
Radio Colosal 1040 Pop Ecuador
RADIO TARQUI es noticias en Ecuador News Ecuador
La Voz del Tomebamba News Talk Ecuador
Radio Pública Ecuador Public Ecuador
Radio Sucre 700 AM News Talk Ecuador
Radio Huancavilca Sports Ecuador
source: Geo Travel
Confessions and Quito, Ecuador
source: In the KNOW!
MN.02.06.1983 HCJB Quito
source: The Media Network Vintage Vault 2021-2022
quito y galapagos
source: ARTISTICA CULTURAL
Escape Incident At Quito 2
source: Boxcars711 Old Time Radio
Quito: A Positive Perspective
source: Record of Change
Episode 26-The Sites of Quito
source: A Teacher Who Travels
Me. Quito La Falda
source: Ivette Tjda
Escape Incident At Quito
source: ESCAPE Podcast
Romantico Quito Mio
source: Duo Benítez Valencia
Quito: Of Kids and Doctors
Suspencion vehicular en Quito
source: Suspension Vehicular En Quito
Leyenda Cantuña - Quito Ecuador
source: Travel Ecuador Blog
Independencia de Quito
source: Independencia De Quito
Joe Quito Case (1950.03.03)
source: Broadway is My Beat
Jehová dio Jehová quito
source: A SOLAS CON DIOS ( podcast Angela Bonilla)
Dig & Dudski - Sol Quito
source: BoosterPodcast - Positive stories
HAYWAY Episode 32 - Quito, Ecuador
source: How are you? Where are you?
03 - Las iglesias de Quito
source: Objetivo: Horizonte


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Happiness is... taking a leap of faith
Posted by ~Summer~ on December 31, 2019
in Happiness and hope, Parenting tips and thoughts
The year end has always been a busy period for me because of the kids' birthdays, school holidays, family vacations, hosting parties, BBQs and family gatherings, getting ready for the new school year and so on. Frankly speaking, I haven't even turned on this laptop much in the past six weeks because I just didn't have the time or energy and even when I did, I chose to spend them on the kids and cherish the time that we have to enjoy the carefree holidays together. Finding joy and being together, that's what holidays is all about, right?
Two big highlights of November this year for us is the firstborn turning 10 and us going on our first mum-and-kids holiday! Yup, these were huge milestones for us and I still find it hard to believe that I've been in the motherhood journey for ten years already. It's like I still feel so new at it on some days and I know I still have so much more to learn as we go along. Having a tween is vastly different from having a toddler or preschooler and truth be told, I find the former very much harder to deal with but that is also because it's all so foreign to me and I am trying to better myself every day too. The backtalk, power struggle, resistance and tantrums happen too often and I find myself losing my cool more often that I'd like. So what we do now is to try together, fail together, try harder again together in the hope that we will be able to understand each other and overcome all obstacles. Together. I have to let the kids know that no matter what, our love for them never fades. Unconditional love is just too important and they need to know that it is something that stays, yeah?
I also brought the kids on our first 6D5N adventure without the hubby and we went on a very exciting, fun-filled and non-stop action cruise with Royal Caribbean. I will be sharing our experiences in a much more detailed post next week so stay tuned for that if you are keen to know what we did. Was it all smooth sailing? Well, the ship was but for us, of course we still had to deal with lots of tears, fights, bickers, disobedience and the norm. Haha. I guess I nagged a lot but hey, I kept them safe and we had tonnes of fun at the activities and during the shore excursions in Penang and Phuket. The kids said they loved the trip so much and wished it didn't have to end, so I think we did good considering this was our first mum-and-kids-only holiday.
In this "Happiness is..." post, it's about taking a leap of faith and believing that things will work out somehow. Never be afraid to try, don't worry unnecessarily, be able to pick yourself up when you fail and trust yourself enough to leap into the unknown. Yup okay, we watched Frozen 2 (not once but twice lor) but you know what I mean.
The big girl was definitely excited about her special day. I mean, it is a huge step turning double digits and it was a reminder of how fleeting childhood can be. She didn't have much requests for her big day except to watch Frozen 2 together. So I let her dress up as Elsa - yes, it's sweet that she still loves to dress up and I would let her do it for as long as she likes - and we made our way to the airport for a day out.
We had a treat at Din Tai Fung because she loves the xiao long baos (gosh, they are not cheap) and went for frozen yoghurt after that (Frozen theme mah, right?) where we stuck a candle in the yoghurt so we could sing her a birthday song. Loved it when the siblings planted kisses on each side of her face. It was also our first visit to the Dreamers Theatre at Shaw Jewel but let's just say we don't intend to go again and would rather stick to the usual theatre. Why? There were lots of kids, as expected, but the thing was they were chatting, or shouting, throughout the show and some of the taller ones stood up too and blocked our view a little. The only good thing was the beanbags which were comfy to lie on but since they are at the first row where the play area is set up, that means you will be constantly surrounded by little ones. We ended up watching the movie a second time because 1) we love it a lot, 2) the hubby wanted to watch too (seriously!) and 3) we wanted a quieter ambience this time round. The funny thing is while my girls were touched, they didn't shed a tear but this emo Mama had tears rolling down her cheeks not just the first time but second time too. Aiyoh.
As for her birthday party, we kept it small and cosy as usual and invited a handful of her closest friends to spend an afternoon with her in our humble home. There were simple games and activities and just a small spread of finger food and desserts, yet all the girls who came said they had lots of fun and thanked us profusely too. Awwww. I will share more about the party in another post, just let me catch up with blogging in the meantime and get over my holiday mood. Haha.
The grandparents also love celebrating our kids' birthdays so that means in addition to a friends' party, I also plan a family party for each of my kids. Fwah, jin bo eng hor. We had our parents and our brothers' families over for a BBQ poolside party so that the cousins could have a blast and splash around together while the adults could tuck into the yummy food. Thanks to the hubby for always providing support when it comes to the food so I can focus my efforts on the activities, decorations and setup. We make a good team!
And so, she turned the big 10. When it comes to parenthood, it's still a trial and error journey in many ways for us and I'm still learning as we go along. You know, I can already foresee we are going to have more problems and I will have bigger headaches when she goes into the defiant teenage years and while I'm not particularly looking forward to it, I'm also trying to get myself ready for the inevitable and start building up the confidence in myself that I can do it well and be a good mum to her. It ain't gonna be easy but that is just why it is called taking a leap of faith, right? In the first place, we all already took it when we decided to have kids and no one ever said being a parent is gonna be easy peasy, right?
Another highlight of November was the boy performing at his first concert ever! To be honest, I wasn't exactly sure if he could do it. Unlike his sisters who love to dance and naturally shine on stage, he is shy, timid and basically still a koala who needs support and lots of love. Even though I've spoken to him countless times to prepare him for his big day and he had already gone through the rehearsals with his teachers and classmates, he still told me things like "I don't want to go on stage", "I am scared", "I want Mama on the stage with me" and "I am not going to perform" and was super insistent about it.
Who knew, when the day came, he did it in style and did it with a big smile on his face. Awwww. He danced to not one, but two songs and remembered his moves from the start to end. I was so touched, so amazed and so relieved to see him enjoying his time on stage and flashing that cute grin at me, and glad to hear him singing his heart out at the finale song "You Made Me Glow". You did a great job, dear Asher!
November also marks my mum's birthday and we always bring her and my Dad for a yummy treat. She chose to have steamboat at Golden Mile this year which was also the place where she first met my hubby over a decade ago. Look at where we are now! The kids drew their own cards for Popo and these always bring smiles to the grandparents. It might have been a simple meal but our hearts, and tummies, were full.
To show our support for the navy hubby, we also made our way to Navy@Vivo and the kids had fun taking part in the activities while learning more about Papa's job on the boat. While it might not be easy to look after the kids and home when he is away, we are still very proud of what he does every day and we know we can never take peace and safety on our shores for granted.
You know how we like to be spontaneous and how we always tend to make last minute decisions on where to go, right? This was a totally impromptu visit to Gardens by the Bay and we drove over after attending a birthday party nearby. It's one of the few yet-to-expire annual passes we have left so we are trying to make the most of it while we can. Loved all the yuletide displays in Flower Dome, they reminded us of our days in Scandivania.
Oh, talking about annual passes, we made it to visit the Bird Park on the very day that our Friends of the Park pass was due to expire. Yup, just in the nick of time! The kids always look forward to feeding the birds and this time, even the boy joined in when it was time to feed the mealworms to the birds. Yup, he did it! Even though he insisted that he could only take the small small thin thin ones, at least he was brave enough to do it! The big sister, as usual, didn't squirm at all and was comfortable to pick up and sayang all the big, long and fat wriggly worms (I have no idea how she does it because I can't) while the little sister went for the medium sized ones. Haha. Very fitting for these three.
As for me, gosh, the kids kept on asking me to do it with them! I don't like worms and will never do, you know. But just to show them that I could do it too, I chose a teeny tiny one and did it with them. Argh. That took courage.
The funniest incident was when I was filming the three of them holding the mealworms together and tossing them to the birds, the boy swang his arm so high and hard that he nearly made a full turn and thus instead of tossing the worms to the birds in front of him, he threw the worms right back at the photographer (ME!) which naturally drew deafening screams from yours truly, much to the amusement of my loved ones. Haha, thanks ah, everybardee.
We drove by this scenic spot near Mandai Road and decided to stop there on the spur of the moment so we could eat our takeaway dinner there while enjoying the beautiful sunset. It wasn't planned but it was oh so pretty and enjoyable. Never mind the ants that were crawling on our table or the fact that the kids were too distracted and kept wanting to find insects in the grass, it was an evening that we would find it hard to forget and we made a promise to return to this place and explore more together soon.
Last but not least, here's sharing some a sneak peek of some photos from our cruise! I will be taking you on a tour of Quantum of the Seas in my upcoming post, share in depth about all the activities you can look forward, give you some tips and advice as well as tell you more about how we had a blast on our trip. Going on a cruise was definitely the best choice for our first mum-and-kids vacation and overall speaking, I think it wasn't as tough as I imagined it would be.
On a personal level, I also went for many firsts including my first iFly, first swinging trapeze and first Flowrider experiences. Yup, I wanted to join in the fun too because how could I miss out on all the action, right? Well, I even used tampons for the very first time just because I wanted to make sure I could go on the Flowrider, you know. At 6am on the second day morning, I was trying to fix a clogged toilet and trying my best to figure out how a tampon works just so this stubborn and somewhat adventurous mum could let her kids know that while she might have turned 36, she is still young at heart and loves fun and thrills too.
Would I do it again and bring the kids on a vacation on my own? You bet I would.
Till more updates in 2020! Here's wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR and may it be a year of abundant hope, joy, peace and good health for everyone!


1918 Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer and pianist.
1919 George C. Wallace, governor of Alabama and presidential candidate.
1921 Brian Moore, Irish novelist (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne).
1927 Althea Gibson, African American tennis player, the first to play at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
1930 Sean Connery, Scottish actor famous for playing the character James Bond in the Ian Flemming movie series.
1933 Wayne Shorter, jazz saxaphonist and composer.
1938 Frederick Forsyth, author of thrillers (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File).
1949 Martin Amis, English novelist (Money, Time's Arow).
1949 John Savage, actor (The Deer Hunter).
1949 Gene Simmons, singer, songwriter; member of the band Kiss, one of the top-selling bands of all time.
1954 Elvis Costello, Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter ("Watching the Detectives").
1958 Tim Burton, director, producer, screenwriter (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas).
1964 Blair Underwood, actor, director (L.A. Law TV series, The Second Coming); won Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album, An Inconvenient Truth.
1968 Rachel Ray, chef, author, TV host.
1987 Blake Lively, actress, model (Gossip Girl TV series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants).


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Söderåsen är en urbergshorst och nationalpark i nordvästra Skåne, i kommunerna Bjuv, Klippan, Svalöv och Åstorp. På Söderåsen finns Skånes högsta punkt: 212 m ö.h. Åsen sträcker sig från Röstånga i sydost till Åstorp i nordväst. Skånes högst belägna kyrkby Stenestad ligger mitt på åsen, 180 meter över havet.

Utmed den branta nordöstsluttningen finns kanjonliknande dalgångar som Skäralid och Klöva hallar. Ädellövskog dominerar i dalgångarna och längs åsens sluttningar. Naturbetesmarker med ljunghedar och torrängar tillsammans med kärr och mossmarker bidrar till ett varierat landskap. Flera naturområden på Söderåsen är skyddade, förutom nationalparken även naturreservaten Hjorthagen Wrams Gunnarstorp, Klöva hallar, Åvarp, Åvarps fälad, Hallabäckens dalgång, Traneröds mosse och Nackarp. Strax norr om nationalparken ligger strövområdet Klåveröd. Vandringsleden Skåneleden (ledavsnittet Ås till åsleden) samt Söderåsleden följer Söderåsen hela vägen från Åstorp till Röstånga. På Söderåsens sydliga backar ligger de två strövområdena Finnstorp och Smedjebacken. Utanför Stenestad ligger parkanläggningen Stenestad park.

Namnet skrevs 1505 Sønderaas och har givits av invånarna i Norra och Södra Åsbo härader norr om åsen.

Geologi
Söderåsen är geologiskt sett en horst som utgör en del av Tornquistzonen. Åsen började troligen bildas för ungefär 150 miljoner år sedan. Bergarterna i området utgörs främst av gnejs och gnejsgranit men även amfibolit, diabas och basalt finns, vilket tyder på att det förekommit vulkanisk aktivitet. Söderåsen utgör även en gräns mellan barrskogsbältet och lövskogsbältet i Skandinavien då granskogen gradvis tar vid norr om åsen.

Kvärkadalen och Skäralid bildar tillsammans en genombrottsdal som skär genom Söderåsen i Skåne. Detta förklaras  med att under Paleogentiden var Skåne och Söderåsen täckt med sediment som sedan eroderades så att floder skar ner i en topografi olik dagens.

Nationalparken
Söderåsens nationalpark som är 1620 hektar stor, inrättades 2001 inom Klippans och Svalövs kommuner. Området var redan tidigare skyddat men fick då starkare skydd. Den sträcker sig från Skäralids ravin i norr till Nackarpsdalen i söder. I parken finns ett flertal vandringsleder och den är ett populärt utflyktsmål.

En naturlig utgångspunkt är naturum vid Skäralid och härifrån utgår ett flertal vandringsleder. Den åtta kilometer långa bäckravinen vid Skäralid är en unik sprickdal med många fuktiga miljöer där mossor, lavar och ormbunkar trivs. Genom dalgångens botten flyter Skärån fram och utmed dess klara vatten kan man se kungsfiskare, strömstare och forsärla. Parken är del av Sveriges största sammanhängande lövskogsområden stora inslag av bok, ek och död ved. Söderåsens nationalpark är Nordeuropas största skyddade ädellövsområde. Ett långsiktigt projekt håller på att omvandla området till en naturskog där träden får stanna hela sitt liv. I den artrika ädellövskogen trivs stenknäck och mindre flugsnappare samt en rad ovanliga insekter och svampar.

Utsiktspunkten Kopparhatten är med sina 200 meter nationalparkens högsta punkt. Längst in i Nackarpsdalen finns den cirkelrunda Odensjön omgiven av nästan 30 meter höga, branta bergväggar.

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Externa länkar
Sveriges nationalparker: Söderåsens nationalpark
Officiell webbplats (i regi av kommunerna runt åsen)
Söderåsens nationalpark
Bilder från Söderåsens nationalpark
Information, bilder och kommentarer från Söderåsens nationalpark
Länsstyrelsen Skåne - Söderåsens nationalpark

Åsar i Skåne
Sveriges landskaps högsta punkter
Sveriges läns högsta punkter
Nationalparker i Sverige
Naturskyddsområden bildade 2001

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I will carefully review the seller's property disclosure statement, which discloses flaws that could have a negative effect on the value of the home.
A standard home inspection is limited to a visual inspection of the home's components and integral systems. In other words it is non- invasive, meaning Inspectors do not open walls or ceilings, use invasive tools or move building contents and belongings. Problems that cannot be observed during the property walk-through are not within the scope of a standard home inspection.
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Hello, I am Jo Robb. You are not on your own. We can take this journey together. I am a qualified counsellor, a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP); and I work in accordance with their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
My counselling approach comes from both my personal and professional values. I offer my clients empathic understanding, offering unconditional positive regard from a genuine position, which means no matter what you say, or who you are, I will accept and care about you. I will listen to you in a caring, confidential, safe, and trusting environment.
Together, we will build a trusting therapeutic relationship, which will take us on an explorative journey of what has brought you to counselling and to a better understanding of your-self and where you fit into your world. Hopefully, this will lead to you experiencing greater satisfaction and happiness in your life and relationships.
The counselling you will experience with me is through a humanistic approach. This approach encompasses a range of therapeutic models, all coming from the attitude that we, as humans, are naturally creative and unique; that we have inherent worth; deserve respect; have an instinctive tendency to grow, change and achieve our full potential; and that our life experiences have the potential to be a resource to realising that potential. My humanistic approach also recognises that, sometimes, life circumstances may get in the way of these human qualities. I truly believe that my clients are the experts on themselves and that therapy is a co-created relationship.
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We had lunch at Wheelers Oyster Farm and Restaurant in Pambula on 2 occasions during the Merimbula Jazz Festival weekend. I loved the idea of having oysters direct from the farm (how much fresher could they possibly be than that?).
Chilli Seafood Linguini ($34) - local fish, scallops, mussels and tiger prawns sauteed with garlic, chilli, spicy spanish chorizo, tossed with fresh herbs and Napoli sauce topped with parmesan cheese.
seafood Saffron Risotto ($34)- scallops, local fish, Balmain bugs, mussels and banana prawns finished with a corn salsa, tomato relish, and salsa verde.
Most of the dishes we tried, particularly the the Chilli Seafood Linguini, Tuscan Bug and Scallop Salad, and the mixed plate of cold oysters, were superb. It was doubly good because the standard of food in Merimbula up until that point was pretty abysmal. The service at Wheeler's was excellent, and I also loved how they participated in the jazz festival with the special menu and the live music.
The one thing I think Wheelers needs to improve on is their wine list and their glassware. When you're paying over $100 at lunch for two I expect proper wine glasses- not midget glasses that are used by RSLs.
I would definitely visit Wheelers again if I'm in the area.
Phil and I have a weakness for Indian food, and we often ourselves at Copper Chimney (previously known as Jewel of India) more times than I like to admit. The food is always tasty (chicken chettinad, fish methi masala, Lal Maas are some favourites) and authentic, and the service excellent.
The atmosphere is intimate and the restaurant is a really lovely space to spend the evening. I have a peculiar obsession with lighting in restaurants - it needs to be on the dimmer side, and with the right colour temperature (warmish without being yellow). It's silly, but I just feel like it creates an atmosphere that I enjoy so much more and I am often turned off a place with harsh lighting even if their food is excellent. I am an odd creature.
Pictured above: Fish Methi Masala, Goat Biryani, naan bread.
The Daniel O'Connell gastropub in North Adelaide takes the concept of traditional Irish fare with a creative twist to daring lengths. They also went to town with their drinks menu- their 'Old Fashioned' uses bacon infused bourbon, and their 'A Sangre Fria' Mary uses vintage sirloin washed vodka (I enjoyed that! Like a chilled raw soup in a glass. Strange, but delicious,).
Phil and our friend Jeff shared a Sunday Roast for two, and I ordered the vintage sirloin with leeks, spring onions, and whipped fat. The boys picked the hits, and I picked a miss. Bugger. Their roast beef was perfect. I picked the more interesting dish, but found that the flavours didn't sit well with me- pickled spring onions (supposed to be inspired by kimchi), smelt like feet; and the cold whipped fat tasted was exactly as it sounds, now that I think about it.
Apart from my meal, everything else was gorgeous. The interiors, the atmosphere, the service, the interesting drinks- all thumbs up.
We ended up walking up and down Rundle St a lot during our 10 or so days in Adelaide, when we had no concrete plans for dinner.
Street ADL is a bar slash eatery, with an interesting concept of combining 'street food' of various cultures with uniquely Australian ingredients. You'll see kangaroo in the sandwiches, 'croc dogs', and indigenous bush plants as side greens. I find the menu really interesting and love the idea of each dish- the actually dishes are a bit hit and miss. The firepit snapper was perfectly seared- my favourite dish there- but the greens (some sort of native succulent plant in a salty sour sauce) didn't really work for me.
I think it's a fun space to meet and have some drinks and nibbles to start the night off.
After spending the vast majority of my life on the east coast of Australia, I always make a point of seeing a sunset over the water if I can. Adelaide has some pretty beaches, and I really enjoyed walking around Henley beach at dusk.
I felt like having dinner near the beach that night, and greek food + beach is always a winning combination. Urbanspoon led me to Estia , a family style greek restaurant on Seaview Road.
We always make the same mistake at Greek restaurants- we order double what we can eat, forgetting that these are 'greek' portions. Incredibly, most of the food was gone by the end of the evening. We rolled home very full, very happy, and a little drunk.
The barbecued calamari with a lemon and garlic marinade and their saganaki were highlights for me.
Many nights were spent in Chinatown. Mostly at BBQ City restaurant, where a lot of congee was consumed. Adelaide has a pretty substantial Chinatown, for a city of it's size and I wish I explored it a little more.
sA lot of nights were spent in Chinatown. Mostly at BBQ City restaurant, where a lot of congee was consumed. Adelaide has a pretty substantial Chinatown, for a city of it's size.
I blogged about Ruby Red Flamingo in a previous post. It was the highlight of my trip, food wise.
We dined at Ruby Red Flamingo on our first date night in Adelaide. Out of all the places on my 'must try' list (contribution mostly from Stacey), this was pretty much the only place that was opened during that awkward time of the year between Christmas and 5th Jan.
Lucky us! Ruby Red Flamingo is brilliant if you love hearty traditional Italian fare. The menu changes daily and rather than printed, it's scribbled on various blackboards around the room, just to test your low light vision and/or how far your can turn your head while seated. There are large and small plates, all meant to be shared.
We chose the octopus carpaccio with lemon infused olive oil and diced tomato; the 'scallopina'- pan fried veal with proscuitto, sage, swiss browns, and semolina gnocci; and the spaghetti with blue swimmer crab, chilli, and tomato. Everything was delicious, but the spaghetti was the highlight for me. It was a massive serving of perfectly cooked blue swimmer crab, with a hearty garlicky tomato and chilli sauce that my imaginary Italian nonna would make. The waitress wasn't kidding when she warned us about the large size of the pasta dishes- I think our spaghetti dish could feed 3 adults.
Oh, and there is a bar upstairs where you can get some nibbles and cocktails while you wait for a table.


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The downside of 1 is that there is a lot of extra code which serves very little practical purpose, although it is clear what is going on.
The downside of 2 is that the syntax highlighting on the SQL code is lost and it just looks weird, although it is shorter and more concise.
Is there any way to pass those constants as-is to bindParam()?
So:
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This post makes me feel good. Some of these chairs are out of this world.
Have a good snowy day Kim!
like the lighting on the 'by lorena' eames rocker.
Well done finding cool rocking chairs. I'm curious, have you ever seen an attractive recliner? I inherited 2 daggy recliner/rockers covered in granny tapestry. I'd like to see one that's been reupholstered or jazzed up because they're just too damn comfy to throw out.
Great post! I love the painted chair by lorimarsha. I'll be sure to click over to flickr to see more of her home. Also, really love the living room arrangement by Luke from Z. Have to check out that too. Thanks for an inspiring post, as usual!
Nice array of designs. I particularly like the older pieces, That first one is a fine old piece that I hope is never restored.


Public WiFi hotspots are used by millions on a daily basis in coffee shops, hotels, airports and more. They are convenient and many are free, but there is also risk involved. Using a public network puts your information out there where sophisticated cyber criminals can eavesdrop and grab your passwords, account numbers and any other information that you'd rather keep private. There are even man-in-the-middle attacks where the thief sets up a WiFi hotspot with the same name as the public one and waits for unwitting people to accidentally join it instead of the legitimate one.
Should I update my iPhone to iOS 9.3.5?
Apple has patched an important security vulnerability with the release of iOS 9.3.5. The iOS update comes just weeks after iOS 9.3.4 closed off the Pangu jailbreak earlier this month. Details regarding the latest security fix have surfaced and Apple has released an official security document on the matter. So should iOS users rush to update?
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Apple has implemented a variety of security features over the years to protect user data, such as credit card information and so on. Some of those features include the Apple ID security questions and backup email. Adding a backup email, or "rescue email" as Apple calls it, allows you to reset your security questions, and recieve account security-related notifications.
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How do I reset my iPhone / Apple ID security questions?
Apple ID security questions help ensure that you're the only person who can access your own account, but they can be a major problem if you forgot the answers to any of the questions. Luckily you can reset your security questions if you have a "rescue email" setup. If you don't have a rescue email you will need to contact Apple Support for help.
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TEHRAN - Just a little more than a year ago, at least ten thousand Rohingya were killed in northern Rakhine state, at least 350 villages were burnt to the ground. As a result, about 750,000 had to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
I, on behalf of all Rohingyas, would like to thank the Bangladesh government and public for hosting more than a million Rohingya refugees. We appreciate all the efforts made by Bangladesh.
However, Rohingya refugees have again faced the threat of forced repatriation. If you visit the camps of Bangladesh, you will find elderly people for whom this is the third time they have had to flee to Bangladesh.
The world has seen this cycle of persecution and killings in Myanmar resulting in hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. These refugees are then forced back to Myanmar and again they meet the same fate of persecution and catastrophic violence. This vicious and murderous cycle has been going on since 1978.
Bangladesh signed a bilateral agreement with Myanmar on November 23, 2017, and tried to start repatriation on January 23, 2018, but failed. Again just recently on November 15, 2018, they tried to repatriate the first batch of 2,260 Rohingya but failed again.
The reasons why the refugees are refusing to be repatriated are crystal clear. Marzuki Darusman, the chair of Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, summed it up at UN Security Council on October 24. He said that genocide is ongoing in Myanmar.
Almost 130,000 Rohingya have been in concentration camps in Sittwe for more than 6 years now. These internally displaced people (IDPs) are trapped in the camps and live under difficult circumstances. They are dependent on food distribution by WFP or ICRC. Life is intolerable and they have been taking risky journeys to Malaysia by boat.
In last two months, at least four boats carrying Rohingya while fleeing to Malaysia were detained in Myanmar water territories and were sent back to original departure points and they were forced to accept the National Verification Card which we called Genocide Card. In the past, these attempts to reach Malaysia have led to drowning of thousands.
The mosques in the Northern Arakan State are closed since 2012. There is no freedom of religion. Many religious scholars were being targeted, arbitrarily arrested and killed.
The Rohingya still need permission for marriage. Most of the newborn babies are not allowed to register. The Rohingya are subjected to killings, extortion, and marginalization in every sphere of life. People live in perpetual fear.
From January until now, more than 15,000 have fled to Bangladesh. As the genocide is ongoing, Rohingya are continuously fleeing to safer pastures.
1. There is no security whatsoever and organisations of every type have said this repeatedly this year.
2. Rohingya will be herded into so-called transit camps which are effectively the concentration camps we have seen since 2012.
3. They will be forced to accept a National Verification Card yet they were once recognized as full citizens and their ethnic identity was officially recognized too. And everyone knows that the National Verification Card is tantamount to labeling Rohingya as illegal Bengali migrants and it is a Genocide Card as I mentioned earlier.
4. There is no guarantee that Rohingya will be allowed to go back to their original villages. The people who are already inside the country are not allowed to go back and live in their own lands in their villages.
5. If Myanmar is genuine about repatriation, they must dismantle the huge array of apartheid and discriminatory laws and regulations affecting Rohingya. Myanmar must stop denying its crimes, preventing humanitarian access, preventing every single international initiative to investigate what happened and continuously protecting its generals.
Every politician from every country after visiting the Bangladeshi camps declared that the Rohingya should be able to return. We Rohingya agree. And so we appeal to everyone to ensure the conditions are appropriate for safe return and without any fear of another round of massacres and burnings.
Provide us with international protection in our homeland Rakhine state. Ensure that the generals who are committing these crimes can no longer do so with impunity. Call for repatriation without the necessary international protection and without the changes, I have listed, then you will be sending Rohingya survivors to the killing fields of Myanmar.
Nay San Lwin is the Campaign and Media Relations Coordinator for Free Rohingya Coalition. This article is exclusively written for Tehran Times.


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Posted on September 22, 2019 by Jeff Kallman
Joe Maddon (left) and Anthony Rizzo after the Cubs' Sunday loss.
"Adversity," Cubs manager Joe Maddon pronounced before they played their first home game this season, "is good for the soul, brother." Did Maddon and the Cubs absolutely have to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
You want adversity? This year's Cubs laid it on themselves good and thick. This weekend and this month. Right down to the moment Maddon decided it was a good idea with a 2-1 lead to send a gallant but past his single-game sell-by date Yu Darvish out to pitch the top of the ninth Sunday afternoon.
He probably did it because when everything else was said and done Brother Joe couldn't or wouldn't trust practically his whole bullpen as far as he could throw any home run pitch surrendered by Cardiac Kimbrel this weekend without the benefit of the ball flying off the end of someone else's bat.
But pinch hitter Jose Martinez led off hitting a 1-0 cutter to the back of center field that just did elude a diving Albert Almora, Jr. for a triple. Former Cub Dexter Fowler sent pinch-runner Tyler O'Neill home promptly with a sacrifice fly. Then Tommy Edman singled to right, Paul Goldschmidt doubled him home, and then Maddon reached for Pedro Strop, who followed a prompt walk with two swinging strikeouts.
And the Cubs had nothing left against even a less-than-his-old-self Andrew Miller in the bottom of the ninth beyond Jason Heyward's two-out single. The home side of their 2019 ended in four whimpers. Obviously, ending 118 years worth of adversity three years ago just wasn't good enough for the soul, brother.
"If you just play back the tape," Maddon said after Sunday's game, "it's almost unbelievable that it turned out this way." The problem is that it's only too believable. On a weekend when the Cubs needed to play like their 2016 selves in the worst way possible, they played like their 1909-2015 selves—in the worst ways possible.
The Cardinals, though, had just enough left. "There was a time when we could have mailed it in," said shortstop Paul DeJong after Saturday night's survival. "But we kept pushing. We're at a point in the year where we smell blood and we're trying to take what's ours."
Thus did the Cardinals clinch at least a postseason trip. Their magic number for a division clinch is two. The Cubs' tragic number for even wild card elimination is five. They may get to regroup against what's left of the Pirates for three in PNC Park, but guess who they end the regular season against and where next weekend?
Does Kris Bryant still think St. Louis is a boring town? I've never been there but I know this much about their Cardinals: They have been and they are a good many things. Boring isn't one of them. Even the best baseball fans on earth, which is the reputation Cardinal fans do have, won't be able to resist letting the Cubs have it but good next weekend.
The problem is, the Cubs are many things except boring, too, but their kind of excitement did the Cardinals the biggest favour of their month and, just maybe, their season. And if you want to talk about karma, be reminded that Bryant had to leave Sunday's game after spraining his ankle trying to beat a third inning-ending double play.
Now it's almost impossible to believe the Cubs began the four-game set against the Cardinals with a clean shot at overthrowing the NL Central leaders. And all four losses were by a single run, making for the longest streak of one-run losses (five) the Cubs have had since 1947, the last time they'd lost four straight one-run games.
How much it would have kept the Cubs' almost-dissipated postseason hopes alive can't be known now, but in a season during which he's been second guessed frequently enough one more won't kill Maddon.
If he wasn't even going to think about Kimbrel Sunday, and he probably would have been executed on the spot if he did, why didn't he give Darvish a pat on the fanny and thanks for a job done well above and beyond the call, and send Strop out to open the top of the ninth?
It's not that that was the single decision above all that sank the Cubs this year. They were done in by a combination of factors, especially their terrible road results. Yet if Strop had a season to forget for the most part his September's been plenty strong. He has only one earned run surrendered in six and a third innings' September work, including five strikeouts now in two and a third innings against the Cardinals this weekend.
But the Cardinals had their own issues. They looked pitiful enough at the All-Star break, their shutdown closer Jordan Hicks went down to Tommy John surgery in June, and even the best fans on earth couldn't resist the itch to demand president John Mozeliak's head on the proverbial plate.
Then they picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, and went 44-23 after the break so far, against the Cubs' post-break 35-30. Mozeliak is presumed safe from the guillotine. The Cardinals don't necessarily see adversity as good for the soul so much as they see it means time to see what they're really made of. It looks like they're made of a lot stronger stuff than even their own fans thought.
Some Cub heads may roll soon enough. A few of those heads may remain Chicago icons for their parts in the 2016 conquest, but a team whose fans too long lamented, "This year is next year," isn't really in the mood to go forward saying, "Ahhhh, wait till three years ago."
Maddon wasn't offered a contract extension and he's liable to finish the season as another ex-Cub manager, never mind the one who finally led them to their first World Series conquest since the Roosevelt Administration. (Theodore's.)
President Theo Epstein's most recent signings weighed against the net results this year could have him placed on probation, figuratively speaking. This year's Cubs "were done as soon as 'urgency' and 'October starts in March' became the alternatives to actually fixing a lineup the front office said 'broke' and a bullpen that was an obvious weak link coming out of spring training," wrote Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Morrissey Saturday.
Strop plus trade deadline find Nicholas Castellanos, Cole Hamels, Steve Cishek, and others face free agency this winter. Ben Zobrist—whose season was disrupted sadly by his difficult divorce, which prompted him to leave the team for a spell to tend his children through it—may or may not retire after it's over.
And Chicago Tribune columnist Paul Sullivan thinks aloud that, if Epstein's recent talk about days of reckoning can be believed, it's not impossible that Bryant, Almora, Jose Quintana, and the should-have-been-purged Addison Russell (it wasn't a great look when the Cubs stood by him despite his too-much-proven domestic violence) will find new uniforms to wear next year.
Adversity may be good for the soul, but not everybody turns it into postseason possibilities. The Yankees and the Astros underwent a lot more adversity this year, but now the Yankees have an American League East clinch, the Astros have a postseason berth clinched at minimum, and those two are battling to see who finishes with baseball's best record on the season.
This year's Cubs were a good, not great team, as Morrissey notes. Maybe Maddon should get a re-consideration considering the Cubs managed to get to within a fortnight of securing just the second wild card at all. Maybe. Maybe not.
But Maddon didn't help his cause or his case Sunday afternoon. The much-maligned, oft-struggling Darvish has been the Cubs' best pitcher in this year's second half: a .194 batting average against him; a .605 opposition OPS; a 2.70 ERA; a 0.81 walks/hits per inning pitched rate. He gave the Cubs everything he had Sunday until Maddon asked him for what wasn't left. And failed to see Darvish's tank on fumes.
Maybe Epstein should get just a little more than mere probation especially since the promised player development machine over the last eight years has been a broken promise except for Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, David Bote, and this stretch drive's pleasant-surprise emergency call-up Nico Hoerner. As Morrissey reminds, not one homegrown Cub has thrown a postseason pitch or stuck around for more than a full season.
If adversity's good for the soul, it should be better for a top down rethinking. There won't be any more baseball at Wrigley Field this year, barring divine intervention. The angels have only so much kindness to spread around.
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Strasburg Rail Road (Pennsylvania)
Strasburg Rail Road - Lancaster County, PA
Photos from 2006 through 2017, featuring Great Western 2-10-0 #90 (Baldwin built 1924), Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 #475 (Baldwin 1906), Canadian National 2-6-0 #89 (CLC 1910), and Canadian National 0-6-0 #31/7312 (Baldwin 1908). The railroad was chartered in 1832 to provide freight service over a four mile route from Strasburg to a connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad. After years of declining freight volume, the railroad was sold in 1958 and steam-powered tourist trains began in 1960 using Engine 31. For more information, visit the Strasburg Rail Road Website.
Strasburg Rail Road
382 on the turntable - October 16, 2010
(475 was renumbered as N&W 382 for a railfan charter)


A short performance for a Hidden Histories seminar event held at York St. John University. This performance focused on things we wanted to remember and things we'd prefer to forget.
This was our first devised performance as a then un-named theatre company. Having completed the introductory theatre course provided by York St. John University to mental health service users, those of us who wished to continue were given the opportunity to create a company. We must have put this piece together in approximately four or five sessions.
It was created by using the techniques and methods learnt on the introductory course, and employed the themes of remembering and forgetting, the work of artist Dave McKean and an extract from a sketch by the comedy writer/director Christopher Morris. The show came entirely from our responses to the material, and choices made during the rehearsal process.
A collection of sketches some from our existing repertoire and others developed specifically for the conference, continuing the exploration of themes of identity.
Enchantment was developed over 12 weeks with the then newly formed/ newly named theatre company, Out of Character. The motivation for the development of the piece came from two key themes, a desire to 'do' Shakespeare and themes around identity, which are especially relevant as the company starts the journey of developing its own theatrical identity.Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream, lends itself to examining confusion of identity and allowed us to further develop ideas around identity, and identification in workshops which have formed the basis for the other scenes.


There weren't to many surprises until we reached the flats and I nearly skied right over one of these guys.
There were 7 ptarmigans following us down the trail and we hadn't even noticed. They would run right along side us, periodically stopping at shrubs to eat.


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Sdílené médium () v telekomunikacích a počítačových sítích je přenosové médium nebo komunikační kanál pro přenos dat, který může současně používat více než jeden uživatel.

Protože většina komunikačních kanálů funguje správně pouze v případě, že vysílá jenom jeden uživatel, je potřeba používat metodu přístupu ke kanálu.

Při přepojování okruhů je obvykle každému uživateli přidělena určitá pevná část přenosové kapacity. Přenosová kapacita kanálu je rozdělena pomocí určité metody multiplexování nebo pomocí kombinace několika metod jako je frekvenční multiplex, časový multiplex. Konkrétní kanálové přístupové metody pro přepojování okruhů jsou vícenásobný přístup s časovým dělením (), vícenásobný přístup s frekvenčním dělením ().

Při přepojování paketů je sdílení přenosové kapacity dynamické – pokud uživatel nekomunikuje, využívá velmi malou nebo žádnou část přenosové kapacity, pokud naopak vysílá v době, kdy ostatní uživatelé nekomunikují, může mu být přidělena plná kapacita kanálu. Mezi metody přístupu ke kanálu používané pro přepojování paketů patří CSMA, předávání vysílacího práva (peška, tokenu) v sítích Token ring, FDDI a Token Bus.

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Light-emitting diode bulb aspiration in a Nigerian child: A case report
Abiola Grace Adekanye1, Paul Mambi Francis1, John Ntui Eta2, Mathew Eshua Lane1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
2Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
*Corresponding author: Abiola Grace Adekanye, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. abiolaadekanye@gmail.com
Received: 2021-09-06 , Accepted: 2022-10-13 , Published: 2022-11-26
© 2022 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Calabar Journal of Health Sciences
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
How to cite this article: Adekanye AG, Francis PM, Eta JN, Lane ME. Light-emitting diode bulb aspiration in a Nigerian child: A case report. Calabar J Health Sci 2022;6:114-6.
We report a 7-year-old girl who suddenly developed dyspnea, which was persistent, progressive, and severe with associated stridor and hoarseness following the aspiration of a light-emitting diode (LED) bulb that she held in her mouth while playing with her friend. Plain radiograph soft-tissue neck revealed a U-shaped radiopaque object in the glottis. An otolaryngologist extracted the LED bulb from the glottis through direct laryngoscopy under inhalational anesthetic agents without intubation. She was treated with analgesics and antibiotics and admitted into the ward for observation for 24 h, following which she was discharged home in satisfactory condition. Globally, there is a paucity of the literature on LED bulb aspiration, and the index case is the first documented in our center; hence, it is an addition to the body of the literature. Therefore, we strongly recommend that the differential diagnoses of a wire-like foreign body in the airway radiographs should include an LED bulb.
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Foreign body (FB) aspiration is an otolaryngological emergency worldwide and the pediatric population suffers most from laryngeal and tracheobronchial FB aspiration. [1,2]
Etiologies of FB aspiration in children are multifactorial.[3] The types and nature of FB aspirated differ worldwide and range from ordinary organic to bizarre inorganic materials.[4] Recently, light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs have gained popularity in the toy industry due to their numerous physical advantages over older technologies. Studies on LED bulbs in the past focused principally on optical safety, with little concern about the risk of aspiration.[5] LED bulb aspiration is rare, and to the best of our knowledge, only a few cases are in the literature.[1,6]
However, because of the increasing use of LED bulbs as children toys accessories, medical health workers should be aware of the possibility of LED bulb aspiration.[1]
Health workers should be aware of the possibility of LED bulb aspiration.[1] We report a girl who held a led bulb in her mouth while playing with her friend but accidentally aspirated it.
Unfortunately, her mother's first line of treatment includes digital maneuver and induction of vomiting, which were inappropriate techniques that should be discouraged.
A 7-year-old girl presented to the Children Emergency unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, with 4-h history of sudden onset of progressive, persistent, and severe dyspnea, stridor, drooling of saliva, and hoarseness shortly after the insertion of the LED bulb in her mouth while playing in her house with one of her friends who brought three LED bulbs to her on a Sunday afternoon.
Immediately after the aspiration, she went to her mother to report the incident, and while talking with her, she reportedly fainted.
The mother attempted to remove the FB by digital maneuver and induction of vomiting, which proved abortive and reported to the children's emergency ward of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar for expert management.
On examination, the girl was in severe respiratory distress as evidenced by: A respiratory rate of 42 cycles/min, flaring alae nasi, accessory muscle of respiration in play as suprasternal, intercostal, and subcostal recessions, and inspiratory stridor, and SpO2 was 87%.
The oral and oropharyngeal examination revealed drooling of saliva, fair or dental hygiene, oral mucosa intact, the tongue was mobile in all directions, the tonsils and posterior pharyngeal walls were normal, and no bleeding or object was seen in the mouth.
Soft-tissue neck X-ray; anteroposterior and lateral views revealed a U-shaped radiopaque wire-like object in the glottis [Figure 1].
Figure 1:: The plain radiographies soft tissue neck of a 7-year-old girl who aspirated Led bulb. (a) showing an object: wire-like with two flanges and a base in the airway, at level of C3 to C5 vertebrae. (b) is anteroposterior view with the same foreign body in the airway of the same patient. (c) revealed normal radiograph of the chest, and the same foreign body in the larynx.
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She was to have an emergency tracheostomy, followed by direct laryngoscopy and FB removal. While in the operative room, under an inhalational anesthetic agent, the anesthetist performed direct laryngoscopy, but the object was not visible in the supraglottic region. The child is still on a facemask, a quick look at the larynx with a rigid laryngoscope by an otolaryngologist revealed the FB wedged between the cords and removed with appropriate forceps [Figure 2]. Direct laryngoscopy was repeated, which yielded no other FB in the larynx. Likewise, there was no FB seen in the bronchi at the bronchoscopy. The operation was uneventful, and she was admitted for observation and placed on hydrocortisone and diclofenac suppository and discharged home after 24 h.
Figure 2:: A LED bulb removed (A) via direct laryngoscopy (B) from a 7 year old girl following accidental inhalation.
Children under age 5 are more susceptible to FB inhalation due to their oral tendency to play or run around with food pieces in the oral cavity, parental attitudes, lack of attention, and allowing small objects at the disposal of young children contribute to the high incidence of foreign bodies in children.[4,7] Our index case was a 7-year-old girl who carelessly kept an LED bulb in her mouth while playing with her friend.
Globally, FBA causes significant morbidity and mortality in children.[8] Inorganic foreign bodies when aspirated, portend grave danger with acute asphyxiation from total obstruction or respiratory difficulty from partial obstruction.[4] FBA clinical presentations varied from non-specific respiratory symptoms to respiratory failure with associated choking episodes; hence, its diagnosis could be delayed for weeks or even months, with increased complications and mortality. The delayed diagnosis could also arise from parental delay in seeking healthcare.[3] Furthermore, in the diagnosis of FBA, radiography is not a reliable method3 since many of these objects are radiolucent materials. However, radiography helps in confirming radiopaque foreign objects. The anatomical sites of the airway FB lodgment are the right main bronchus; the most common, due to its wide lumen and more vertical orientation,[6] followed by the left bronchus, trachea, subglottis, larynx, and carina.[4] The index case presented early to the hospital after aspiration with the pathognomonic symptoms of FBA. Although the plain radiograph soft-tissue neck revealed a wire-like FB in the larynx, it did not show the radiolucent part of the FB that was the main reason for airway obstruction at subglottic in our patient. Hence, the radiological features of this object were not complete.
The treatment options for FB aspiration include basic maneuvers such as forceful coughing, hardback slaps, abdominal thrust (Heimlich maneuver), and surgical interventions. The mother of our index patient did not offer any of these procedures to her child at home, but she induced vomiting with olive oil and attempted a digital maneuver to remove the FB. The two methods employed by the patient's mother were not appropriate first-line techniques for the home management of FB aspiration. However, she took her daughter early to the hospital for an otolaryngologist's intervention. Otolaryngologist promptly intervened and the FB was removed 6 h after the aspiration.
Continuous education of the caregivers and parents of children under 5 years on basic maneuvers implored for the extraction of FBA cannot be overemphasized. The parents and caregivers should avoid digital maneuver and vomiting induction on their children following FB aspiration. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends education regarding aspiration/choking to all caregivers of children aged 6 months and above.[9]
Furthermore, immediate referral to otorhinolaryngologists as soon as FB aspiration is suspected because retrieval of aspirated FB is essential to prevent the risk of asphyxia, atelectasis or bronchiectasis, granulation tissue, recurrent pneumonia, and death.[10]
LED bulb aspiration is rare but should be a differential in children with FBA in our region. We advocate continuous education for parents and caregivers on basic maneuvers to remove aspirated foreign bodies. Furthermore, the caregivers/parents are encouraged to promptly consult the otorhinolaryngologist in all cases of suspected FB aspiration, and their early intervention is of the essence to prevent accompanied morbidity and mortality.
We acknowledge all the staff of the departments of anesthesia, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, and theater that participated in the treatment of this patient.
Patient's consent not required as patients identity is not disclosed or compromised.
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Trying to reach a more or less trustworthy (and fair) view of spiritual music, we should go back to prehistoric times. Spiritual music cannot be separated from a profane world as it forms its component part. It follows that our view cannot be based just on the spiritual music as such, but that we should explore the spiritual dimension of music and the arts in general and understand the spiritual dimension of all human endeavor in particular. After all, the very existence of a man in the world has a spiritual character. Consequently, to get to the core of the matter, it is necessary to go back to the prehistoric times when a man became aware of himself as an independent human being, nonetheless, still closely connected with the animal world.
we are not able to draw a dividing line between what represents culture and what does not.
we are not able to understand the psyche that differs from that of a human being although a few facts about the animal psyche are known nowadays. The concept of "spiritual music" poses problems similar to those with the definition of "culture" and "the arts". I do not respect the view that a composition containing religious texts is automatically spiritual. To utter the name of Jesus does not produce spirituality and nor does the exclamation "good heavens". Let's have a look at the spiritual music, culture and the world through the eyes of a so-called primitive man. What was "spiritual" for a primitive man? Everything. Absolutely everything. There was nothing at all that would not be connected closely with the spiritual world. There was no difference (dichotomy) between "the spiritual" and "the secular". In Slavonic languages the word "spirit" is derived from the word "breath".
The way it is done in the West (Occident) that stakes on comforting music. The induced peace in turn enthralls the audience with the ever-changing world and gives them a fit of a "pious" feeling.
The majority of oriental and ancient cultures have a different "mechanism": to induce a sacral experience: they use music which is very exciting. To sum up: A work of art that is not able to induce spiritual concentration or ecstasy in the target audience and to move them "heavenwards" has nothing to do with spirituality. Moreover, such music, in my opinion, cannot be considered art at all.


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